(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate could soon consider legislation to allow property owners to evict squatters more easily following reports of people taking over properties without permission, particularly in the Atlanta area. House Bill 1017, the Squatter Reform Act, which the House passed 167-0, would create the offense of unlawful squatting when someone […]
(The Center Square) – Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said Wednesday that he won’t donate to anyone seeking the U.S. presidency in 2024. The Tesla and SpaceX owner’s announcement came after a meeting with former President Donald Trump on Sunday. “Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President,” […]
(The Center Square) – An industry expert says Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal to increase the sports betting tax by 20% could cause ripple effects in the industry. If approved by the legislature, the tax for sports book operators would go from 15% to 35%, one of the highest percentages in the country. If enacted, the higher […]
(The Center Square) – Protecting doctors performing “gender affirming” health care procedures from lawsuits is in a Maine proposal known as a “shield law.” Critics of the plan from Maine lawmakers say parental rights would be stripped. The proposal, which is pending before the Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, seeks to […]
(The Center Square) – South Dakota lawmakers agreed to a trio of bills dubbed a “Landowner Bill of Rights” that sponsors said would protect landowners from pipeline companies that wanted to build in the state. Senate Bill 201 would allow the South Dakota Public Service to supersede county and municipal zoning laws deemed “unreasonably restrictive.” […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Kathy Hochul did Mayor Eric Adams one better Wednesday when she said the National Guard would be called to the subways of New York City. Each responding to a spike in crime on the city’s transit system, Adams on Tuesday said more police officers would be in subway stations and […]
The first of March’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in under a week. Retirees born on or between the 1st and 10th of the month will get their payments in six days, on Wednesday, […]
After serving in the Senate for a little over a year, all eyes will be on Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) when she steps into the national spotlight on Thursday night to deliver the rebuttal to the State of the Union address. Britt, 42, the youngest Republican woman to have been elected to the Senate, has […]
President Joe Biden is one step closer to a rematch with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 general election in the aftermath of Super Tuesday, but the night more importantly outlined several narratives that could pose problems for Biden come November. While the biggest primary night of 2024 provided at least one surprise, in […]
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night will give him a chance to lay out the policy priorities for his fourth year in office. But it also presents an opportunity for him to make his case to an increasingly skeptical public before November’s general election that he, not former President Donald […]
